Personal Devices · Recorded milestone
Consumer drones
Recorded year2010
Ready-to-fly quadcopters such as the DJI Phantom let hobbyists film from the sky, held steady by phone-grade sensors.
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- Kalman filterRecorded · 1960enables
- Digital fly-by-wireRecorded · 1972enables
- Flash memoryRecorded · 1984requires
- Neodymium magnetsRecorded · 1984enables
- Lithium-ion batteryRecorded · 1991enables
- CMOS image sensorRecorded · 1993requires
- MEMS sensorsRecorded · 1993enables
- GPSRecorded · 1995enables
Led to
- Drone mapping kitRecorded · 2012enables
- Drone delivery serviceRecorded · 2016enables
- Self-flying camera droneRecorded · 2016enables
- Helicopter flies on MarsRecorded · 2021enables
- Drone-swarm farmingRecorded · 2023enables
- Mass drone warfareRecorded · 2023enables
- Electric air taxisRecorded · 2025enables
- Personal one-seat electric aircraftRecorded · 2025enables
- Drone delivery mailboxForecast · ~2029enables
- Instant-response drone networkForecast · ~2029enables
- AI-targeted cloud seeding dronesForecast · ~2030enables
- Drone reforestationForecast · ~2030enables
- Long-range wireless powerForecast · ~2030enables
- Dragonfly flies on TitanForecast · ~2034enables
- Personal flying vehiclesForecast · ~2036enables
- Wildlife vaccinated by droneForecast · ~2037enables
- Proven hail suppressionForecast · ~2044enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.